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Monster Train 2 [game]

 Monster Train 2 [game] GOD, I PUT 160 HOURS INTO THIS. I BEAT EVERY CHALLENGE RUN AND BEAT MAX COVENANT TITANS WITH EVERY SINGLE CLAN (BUT NOT EVERY SINGLE CLAN COMBO BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE, 185 NEAR IDENTICAL RUNS). THE ONLY REASON I'M STOPPING IS THE DEVS PUT OUT A DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP AND THERE IS MAJOR CONTENT AND DLC COMING WITHIN A YEAR.  I LIKE THIS GAME A LOT BUT IT'S WEIRD, I WILL NEVER LIST THIS AS MY FAVORITE GAME, OR ANYTHING LIKE IT. IT REALLY IS JUST THAT ROUGELIKES HOOK INTO SOME SORT OF PART OF MY BRAIN AND MAKE ME WANT TO PLAY THEM FOREVER.  PS. IT WILL BOTHER ME FOREVER THE TRAIN IS VERTICAL. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE GAME IS SO SO SO CLEARLY DESIGNED AROUND TRAIN CARS,  LIKE THE WHOLE REASON IT'S A TRAIN AT ALL IS THAT. AT THE START OF THIS GAME THEY SMASH THE OLD TRAIN AND MAKE A NEW ONE, SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR CHANCE TO FIX IT BUT NOPE, TRAIN ENGINE AT THE TOP. I GET GRAPHICALLY WHY YOU WOULD DO THAT, BUT YOU CAN JUST MAKE IT JUST A DISPLAY THI...
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The Memory Police [book, audiobook]

 The Memory Police [book, audiobook] THIS BOOK IS ROUGH TO READ. IT'S A BOOK ABOUT FANTASTICAL POLICE RAIDS AND FANTASTICAL SCI-FI ANNE FRANK STUFF,  BUT IT'S ALSO JUST AN ABSTRACT BOOK ABOUT MEMORY AND IDENTITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT FEELS HARD TO READ IN THE CURRENT DAY BECAUSE LIKE, THE POLICE RAIDS STUFF FEELS MORE RELEVANT WHEN THEY ARE LIKE, SECRET AGENTS ATTACKING KOBE NINJA HOUSE DOWN THE ROAD IRL. SO IT'S LIKE "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THESE TYPEWRITERS AND PHILOSOPHY,  GO BACK TO THE LITERAL PLOT". IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE WAY. LIKE YOU ARE CLEARLY SUPPOSED TO CARE MORE ABOUT THE METAPHORICAL THEMES BUT LIKE, THE LITERAL PLOT IS VERY GRIPPING AND RELEVANT AND IT MAKES NOW NOT THE TIME TO READ THIS I GUESS? PS. THE MECHANISM OF FORGETTING WAS VERY CLEARLY MEANT TO BE ABSTRACT AND ILL DEFINED. THE BOOK WAS VERY DISINTERESTED IN BEING ANY SORT OF HARD SCI-FI THAT HAD D&D RULES FOR HOW THE MAGIC WORKED. BUT THERE WAS A BUNCH OF THINGS LIKE FRUIT A...
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Lost in Starlight [movie]

 Lost in Starlight [movie] KOREA MADE A HIGH BUDGET 'ANIME' AND DID GENERALLY A GOOD JOB. IT'S KINDA IFFY ON THE PACING AND A LITTLE GENERIC, BUT VISUALLY GOOD AND PRETTY HEARTFELT. THE KINDA THING I WILL FORGET I WATCHED BUT KOREA IS DEFINITLY GOING TO BE THE NEXT BIG THING FOR ANIMATION. PS. I HATE HER LITTLE HAIR THINGS. 
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Moon Garden [movie]

 Moon Garden [movie] EH, THIS MOVIE IS SO CLOSE TO BEING AMAZING BUT IT'S KINDA LIKE MAD GOD WHERE IT JUST HAS A BUNCH OF VISUALS AND NOT MUCH MOVIE. IT'S KINDA OVER THE GARDEN WALL PLUS "WHAT IF A BABY WENT TO SILENT HILL" BUT THERE ISN'T A TON OF WEIGHT TO IT. IT'S A LOT OF VISUAL ELEMENTS THAT YOU GET WHAT THEY ARE GOING FOR BUT JUST ARE KINDA WHATEVER. IT'S TOO BAD! IT'S A COOL LOOKING MOVIE! PS. I FEEL LIKE IF THIS WAS A NON ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOVIE I WOULD OF LOVED IT. LIKE SOMETHING TO HIDE NO ONE COULD ACT. IT'S SO SAD TOO, THE BABY ACTUALLY *COULD* ACT AND THAT IS THE HARD PART, THEN IT'S ALL DRAGGED DOWN BY ALL THE ADULTS KINDA JUST NOT BEING GOOD AT TALKING. IF THIS WAS IN SPANISH I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN AND IT'D HAVE BEEN GREAT. 
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28 Years Later [movie]

 28 Years Later [movie] I DEFAULT DISLIKE ZOMBIE MEDIA. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S PERFECT OR ANYTHING BUT I HAVE ALWAYS FELT LIKE 28 DAYS LATER IS THE CULMINATION OF EVERY SINGLE ZOMBIE THING. LIKE IT TOOK ALL THE THEMES AND MESSAGES AND TROPES OF ZOMBIE MEDIA, NAILED IT AND WE COULD WRAP UP ZOMBIES AFTER THAT. I BELIEVE THAT TO THE POINT I NEVER EVEN WATCHED THE SECOND ONE. I DID LIKE THIS THOUGH. I LIKE HOW ARTSY THE FILM MAKING WAS, WITH THE WEIRD CUT SCENES AND ZELDA ENEMY DAMAGE STUTTER AND EXTREME ATTACK ON TITANS ZOMBIES. PS. I STRONGLY FEEL LIKE THIS MOVIE IS GOOD, BUT IS SO CLEARLY THE MINIMUM POSSIBLE MOVIE THEY COULD MAKE TO SET UP THE REAL MOVIE THAT IS APPARENTLY COMING SOMETIME LATER. LIKE THE WHOLE MOVIE FEELS A LITTLE THIN THEN ENDS WITH THE ABSOLUTELY WILDEST ENDING YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE TO SET UP (THE MOVIE I JUST LOOKED UP THAT IS CALLED "28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE"  WHICH IS A GARBAGE NAME) 
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Parable of the Talents [book, audiobook]

 Parable of the Talents [book, audiobook] I CONTINUE TO BE SO FRUSTRATED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER. THERE IS SOME STUFF SHE WRITES SO WELL AND THEN SOME THINGS SHE JUST DOESN'T. BUT THEN THE PARTS THAT ARE BAD ARE SO OBVIOUSLY BAD THAT IT'S EASY TO GET INTO A LOOP OF "HEH, I'M SMARTER THAN HER FOR NOTICING THIS CONTRADICTION IN HER WRITING' BUT THEN THE CONTRADICTION BEING SO BLATENT IT BECOMES UNCLEAR IF MAYBE THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE BOOK. LIKE MAYBE SEEING THE PARALLELS IS THE WHOLE POINT AND THE BOOK IS SMARTER THAN ME BY DOING A GOOD JOB LEADING ME TO THINK THE THINGS THE BOOK IS SET UP TO MAKE ME THINK? ALSO  PS. LIKE THE FIRST ONE THIS CONTAINED SO MUCH SIMPSONS PREDICTED IT TYPE STUFF. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, I JUST CAN'T. BUT I ABSOLUTELY GENUINELY LOVE THE REVERSE MAD MAX II THING THAT HAPPENED TWICE. THE FACT THERE WAS NEVER EVER A SEQUEL AFTER THIS MAKES ME THINK THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PROGRESS THE STORY AND KEPT WANTING TO RESET THE STAKES ...
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Slaughter Disc [movie]

 Slaughter Disc [movie] MEH, THIS IS NOTHING. IT'S LIKE 90% PORNOGRAPHY WITH THE THINNEST 10% HORROR MOVIE CONNECTING THE SCENES. I DON'T MEAN LIKE SOME MORAL OUTRAGE TYPE WAY, JUST, THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS AND IT'S NOT NEARLY INTERESTING ENOUGH TO PULL THAT OFF. PS. IT FEELS WEIRD HOW "EVIL VHS TAPE' IS A PRETTY LARGE GENRE BUT 'EVIL DVD' JUST NEVER WAS ANYTHING. 
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